Question Do You Clean Your Desktop Fans & CPU Radiators Out Often?

[Jonny Quest]

I use same blower

I like the kids Rocky like response when he sets it down with the fist pump, "yes"

 

[Digmor Crusher]

I have one too but use it more to clean the snow off my car in winter then on leafs.

 

[Parkinsond]

I use same blower

The best cleaning; never tried compressed air cans before.

 

[Parkinsond]

I have one too but use it more to clean the snow off my car in winter then on leafs.

We have only dust here, no snow, not leafs, just dust

 

[ForgottenSeer 94738]

If I interpret your previous comments here in the forum correctly, you obviously live in a very problematic area of our planet.

 

[Parkinsond]

If I interpret your previous comments here in the forum correctly, you obviously live in a very problematic area of our planet.

It is not a secret; living in Egypt.
Weather is hot most of the year.
In the valley, we are surrounded by a narrow band of agricultural land next to river, encased by dry mountains, with rest of land formed of abandoned desert.
So most of time we are exposed to lots of dust and sand.
I can recall one of my colleagues who stayed in England for a while said his shirt was clean for a significant period due to lack of dust.
Opening PC case every year is like getting in inside an ancient tomb full of dust

 

[Sorrento]

@Parkinsond: Much different situation than in England here, its generally just house dust here but I do have a cat & some of his hair ends up in PC - I was interested because some (my wife & children mainly) think I'm a bit odd actually cleaning the PC out every few months (I am a bit odd BTW) I like the fan noise to be at a minimum as it does irritate me & dusting out all helps & Noctua premium fans help to as I've never done water cooling & don't think I ever will or need to.

 

[roger_m]

One of my desktops which I use occasionally, is well overdue for a clean. But the desktop I use daily, isn't too bad. I have a small handheld air duster I bought from Temu a few months ago, which should work fine for the job, as it's surprisingly powerful for the size. I also have small air compressor with a separate particulate filter, I use for cleaning dust from the air vents on laptops. I also have an AC powered air duster, but it isn't anywhere near powerful enough to blow out the dust from laptop vents that are clogged with a thick layer of dust.

 

[Parkinsond]

@Parkinsond: Much different situation than in England here, its generally just house dust here but I do have a cat & some of his hair ends up in PC - I was interested because some (my wife & children mainly) think I'm a bit odd actually cleaning the PC out every few months (I am a bit odd BTW) I like the fan noise to be at a minimum as it does irritate me & dusting out all helps & Noctua premium fans help to as I've never done water cooling & don't think I ever will or need to.

I do the cleaning once every year before the spring heat waves.
As I am no gamer, it do not need cooling system; I use PC without AC in summer and I works just fine with CPU temp below 50 C most of time.

 

[Sorrento]

I do it every few months as in the past on machines I've left or other people it does become a monumental job.

 

[Parkinsond]

One of my desktops which I use occasionally, is well overdue for a clean. But the desktop I use daily, isn't too bad. I have a small handheld air duster I bought from Temu a few months ago, which should work fine for the job, as it's surprisingly powerful for the size. I also have small air compressor with a separate particulate filter, I use for cleaning dust from the air vents on laptops. I also have an AC powered air duster, but it isn't anywhere near powerful enough to blow out the dust from laptop vents that are clogged with a thick layer of dust.

Tried electric blower for laptop; unlike PC, to be properly cleaned, you need to remove the covering.

 

[harlan4096]

I use this, bought on Amazon, very cheap, powerful and effective (leaf blower):

 

[Moonhorse]

I clean them every 1-2 months , case gets otherwise dusty and looking dusty is not looking good.

Cpu fans i do normally clean, air blowing and i have aio water coooled cpu so im not touching that at all

Need to buy electric blower too, whenver i bother

 

[Parkinsond]

I use this, bought on Amazon, very cheap, powerful and effective (leaf blower):

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Me too

 

[Parkinsond]

I clean them every 1-2 months , case gets otherwise dusty and looking dusty is not looking good.

Cpu fans i do normally clean, air blowing and i have aio water coooled cpu so im not touching that at all

Need to buy electric blower too, whenver i bother

Electric blower is a good deal; useful for cleaning windows (the real ones, not those of Bill) and for AC.

 

[Moonhorse]

Electric blower is a good deal; useful for cleaning windows (the real ones, not those of Bill) and for AC.

I meant air duster actually, wich is the one im looking for

 

[Sorrento]

Might get one of those, I did have a fair amount of canned air from nephew but getting low.- Going to look on Amazon today

 

[harlan4096]

But I also buy this:

 

[Parkinsond]

I meant air duster actually, wich is the one im looking for
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Sometimes I use hair dryer; as good as air blower.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

I wouldn't use a hairdryer, and you really need to be careful. One of my finest 'Darwin award winning' moments was drying out a laptop after spilling coffee all over it. Melted the keyboard .